This film is about a young Russian boy's coming of age. His first experience in the former Soviet Union was discrimination, because he was a Jew. While escaping through the border his father is killed. Zelimo, the young boy feels responsible for his father's death.
Arriving to America in the 1950s the McCarthy idialogy is rampant. While in a Jewish summer camp in the Catskills he is ridiculed and humiliated for his presumed communist background by a camp bully and his gang. He becomes a loner and plans to burn down a bungalow where the camp bully and his gang is sleeping. The revenge is successful.
The movie asks questions about the responsibility for the aggression and whether or not it could have been stopped before its execution. In view of the recent shooting violence at Virginia Tech and the previous disaster at Columbine HS. This movie should be a must showing at every high school and perhaps in colleges as well. The film is an excellent motivator of discussions for identifying and preventing similar violence in the future.
Interesting looking movie. Is there more of this?
rob251149 9 months ago